- Dundee City East (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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Dundee City East Scottish Parliament
burgh constituencyDundee City East shown within the North East Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland Created 2011 MSP Shona Robison Council area Dundee City (part) Party Scottish National Party Dundee City East is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the North East Scotland electoral region, which elects sevenadditional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Dundee East was redrawn and renamed Dundee City East.
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Electoral region
- See also North East Scotland Scottish Parliament region
The other nine constituencies of the North East Scotland region are Aberdeen Central, Aberdeen Donside, Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Aberdeenshire East, Aberdeenshire West, Angus North and Mearns, Angus South, Banffshire and Buchan Coast and Dundee City West
The region covers the Aberdeenshire council area, the Aberdeen City council area, the Dundee City council area, part of the Angus council area, a small part of the Moray council area and a small part of the Perth and Kinross council area.
Constituency boundaries
From the 2011 election, the redrawn and renamed Dundee City East constituency will consist of the following electoral wards;
- In full: East End, The Ferry;
- In part: Coldside; Maryfield; North East
Council area
The Holyrood constituency is within the Dundee City council area, which is divided between three North East Scotland constituencies. Dundee East and Dundee West are within the city area. The Angus constituency covers north-eastern and north-western areas of the city, as well as a southern portion of the Angus council area and a small eastern portion of the Perth and Kinross council area.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Member Party Took office Left office Shona Robison SNP 2011 present Election results
Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Dundee City East Party Candidate Votes % ±% SNP Shona Robison 16,541 64.2 +15.2 Labour Mohammed Asif 5,862 22.8 -9.8 Conservative Brian Docherty 2,550 9.9 -1.5 Liberal Democrats Allan Petrie 800 3.1 -3.9 Majority 10,679 41.5 Turnout 25,753 47.4 -832 SNP hold Swing +12.5 See also
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